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Chairman & Co-CEO
Dr. David Gray comes to SAF with a long history of innovation in the
field of international education, having previously founded and managed
two of the largest and most highly regarded study abroad programs for
U.S. students: The Institute for Study Abroad at Butler University
(1989-2005) and the Arcadia University Center for Education Abroad
(1965-1988). He received his bachelor, masters and doctoral degrees from
the University of Pennsylvania and has taught Political Science at the
University of Pennsylvania, Arcadia University, and Drew University.
President & Co-CEO
Prof. John Belcher was named SAF President in December 2005. John
Belcher is former Pro-Vice Chancellor (Vice President) of the University of
Westminster and has a distinguished career in international education
and higher education administration both at the University of
Westminster and Queen Mary, University of London. John Belcher
has also served as Chief of Public Affairs with the United Nations
University and as a consultant to leading universities in the USA,
Europe, and Asia. He is a founding board member of the European
Association for International Education (EAIE) and has published
extensively in the field of international education. Prof. Belcher’s
academic background is in sociology and also has an interest in
comparative higher education. He is a graduate of the universities of
Nottingham and London and has taught in the UK, Switzerland, Japan,
Thailand, and the USA.
Vice President
Carol Carmody is a founding director of the Study Abroad
Foundation.
Carol began her career in international education in 1989 joining
the
newly established Institute for Study Abroad at Butler University (IFSA-Butler).
In addition to facilitating study abroad programs for American
undergraduate students, Carol has experience with English language
programs, international student recruitment, and US immigration
regulations through her work with the American
Cultural Exchange, Butler University,
and Ball
State University . She is a graduate of Colorado
State University and the University of Edinburgh,
Scotland (M.Sc.) and studied abroad in Austria and Germany while an
undergraduate student through
IES Abroad.
Business Account Manager
Mary Ann Stanley joined SAF in 2000. Mary Ann received a B.S. in
Accounting from Ball State University
and earned her Certified Public Accountant designation shortly
thereafter. She began her career in public accounting with KPMG
Peat
Marwick and subsequently spent seven years working in internal
audit and
corporate accounting for Ball Corporation. Mary Ann traveled to
Europe
as a participant of People to People High School Student
Ambassadors and
enjoys traveling for leisure.
Program Coordinator
Molly Purcell began working with SAF in 2006. Molly graduated from
Marian University
with a degree in Art History and studied abroad at the University
of Glasgow in Scotland. Molly has a background in sales and
marketing and has also worked abroad in Germany.
Program Coordinator
Fumie Ichikawa joined SAF in February 2009. Fumie earned her
bachelor's degree in Management from Sophia University in
Tokyo, Japan and her Master of Business Administration from University
of Missouri,
where she originally attended as an exchange student. Fumie is
fluent
in English and Japanese and has taught intermediate Japanese
courses at
the University of Missouri. Fumie worked in logistics and
purchasing in
the automotive industry prior to joining SAF.
Program Coordinator
Melissa Trahyn began her work at SAF in February 2010. Prior to
joining SAF, Melissa was at Butler University
in the International Student Services Office and before that the
American Language Academy. Melissa first began traveling while in
university, where her first trip was to Tirana, Albania; she has
traveled and lived extensively in Eastern Europe and Central Asia.
She
first ventured out in international education to teach English in
Baku,
Azerbaijan at the International Learning Center (ILC) for one year
right
after graduating from university, then one year of teaching ESL
and
Music at the International School of Indiana. Melissa holds a
Bachelor
of Music Education degree from The Ohio State University and a MS
in Effective Teaching and Leadership with a focus in Instructional
Technology from Butler University. She is fluent
in Spanish and has studied Azerbaijani and Russian.
Student Accounts Manager
Chris Hartley began his work with SAF in May 2008 as a technology
consultant and was hired as Student Accounts Manager in 2009.
Chris came
to SAF with a wide array of experience and knowledge. After
completing
his B.A. in Political Science at Beloit College,
Chris worked as a program specialist in student life at Beloit. He
then
worked as a producer and journalist at a community radio station
in
Madison, Wisconsin and following this experience worked as an IT
coordinator for post-Katrina disaster relief in New Orleans. Most
recently he worked as a engineer in the healthcare field in North
Carolina and worked abroad in Tanzania on a small-scale solar
power
project.
Program Coordinator
Zachariah Simon (Zach) began working at SAF in January 2011. He
attended Wittenberg University
for his undergraduate studies where he double-majored in History
and
East Asian Studies. Zach also spent one year abroad at Kansai
Gaidai
University in Osaka, Japan. He became interested in international
education during his three years in Kanazawa, Japan where he
worked as
an Assistant Language Teacher on the Japan Exchange and Teaching
Program (JET).
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